Blencathra - Hallsfell Top
hill or mountain · Westmorland and Furness · 868m
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CumbricSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
Blencathra is a Cumbric name meaning 'red mountain'. Hallsfell Top combines a Norse personal name with a Cumbric/Old English word for hill.
Word origins
- Blen
- Cumbricmountain(from blaen "peak, top")
- cathra
- Cumbricred(from cader "red")
- Hall
- Old Norsepersonal name(from Hallr "personal name")
- fell
- Cumbrichill(from fiall "hill")
- Top
- Old Englishtop(from top "top")